Studied visual communication as well as art and media at the Berlin University of Arts. She also studied cinematography at Film University in Potsdam Babelsberg, Germany, and at the ISA, in Havana, Cuba. Antonia worked as a cinematographer for several films, created video installations and directed documentary shorts. She co-directed the medium-length documental "Xwebûn", in 2016. "The Other Side of the River" is her first feature film.